Bombay Chicken Meatballs with Brown Rice and Coconut Salad

Bombay Chicken Meatballs with Brown Rice and Coconut Salad

Ready in 30 minutes Serves 2
This dish most recently appeared in My Classic (5 Meals For 1) on Sunday, June 25, 2017.

Tasty Indian meatballs.


Ingredients

BROWN RICE

  • ¾ cup Japanese brown rice
  • 1 cup water
  • 2 tablespoons Bombay tomato chutney

BOMBAY CHICKEN MEATBALLS

  • 300g chicken mince
  • 1½ teaspoons Bombay spice mix
  • 1½ tablespoons chopped coriander leaves and stalks

COCONUT SALAD

  • 1 baby bok choy, end trimmed
  • 1-2 spring onions
  • ½ carrot
  • ½ teaspoon finely grated ginger
  • ½ teaspoon apple cider vinegar (eg. cider, white wine)
  • 2 tablespoons toasted coconut thread
  • 2 teaspoons olive oil

TO SERVE

  • Remaining Bombay tomato chutney

Steps

  1. Combine rice, water and a pinch of salt in a small pot and bring to the boil. As soon as it boils, cover with a tight-fitting lid and reduce to lowest heat to cook for 15 minutes. Turn off heat and leave to steam, still covered, for a further 8 minutes. Do not lift lid during cooking.
  2. While rice cooks, combine all chicken meatball ingredients in a medium bowl and mix well. Using clean hands, shape 2 tablespoons of mixture into golf ball-sized balls. Set aside on a plate and place in fridge for about 5 minutes to firm up.
  3. While meatballs chill, make coconut salad. Thinly slice bok choy and spring onion and grate carrot. Toss all coconut salad ingredients together in a medium bowl and season to taste with salt and pepper. Set aside.
  4. Heat a drizzle of oil in a large fry-pan on medium heat. Cook meatballs for about 7 minutes, turning regularly, until golden and cooked through.
  5. Stir first measure of Bombay tomato chutney through brown rice.
  6. spoon ¾ cup cooked brown rice onto each plate and top with Bombay chicken meatballs. Serve coconut salad on the side and dollop with remaining Bombay tomato chutney.

Nutritional Information

Energy 2301 kj
550 kcal
Protein 33.5g
Carbohydrate 59.8g
Fat 19.6g